148, Lot: 506. Estimate $100. Sold for $64. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Zengid Atabegs of al-Jazira. Al-Mu’azzam Mahmud. AH 605-648/AD 1209-1251. Æ Dirham (29mm, 15.73 g, 3h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 606 (AD 1209/10). Crowned facing female bust, holding upturned crescent by horns; name and title in outer margin / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord al-Adil Abu Bakri in five lines across field; mint name and AH date in upper voids. S&S Type 87.1. Near VF, blue-black patina.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.

Undoubtedly an astrological symbol for the Moon.